Job 35:1-8 ▼

1 Then Elihu answered:

2 Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.'

3 But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?'

4 I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.

5 Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

6 If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

7 If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?

8 Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.